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Salaried employees's gateway to the tax haven!

Everyone taxpayer hates taxes. No salaried employee likes it! They feel they are being robbed of their earning. They blame employers, they blame government and they blame HR and Finance and payroll for their Big loss!

Have seen organisations doing all kinds of circus to devise a magical salary structure concoction that defies all laws of CBDT! Saves most on the Income Tax and employees praise the lord!

It is possible to save lots of taxes if you approach it this way. For salaried employees, here are gateways to the tax haven!

Please refer to directives from the Income Tax Department/CBDT. Check the link below-

It lists all components under
benefits, salary, perquisites where employees income is exempted from Income
Tax.:

For quick reference, below are
sections where relief can be given to salaried employees (legally).

For easy reference, here below
is what I recommend. Moreover, we need to make our BASIC COMPONENT at
least 50% of the gross. That will help on HRA part even when Basic is taxable.

b) Gift in kind up to Rs.5,000
in aggregate per annum would be exempt, beyond which it would be taxable.

17(2)(viii) read with Rule
3(7)(vi)

Free Recreation/ Club Facilities

a) Expenditure
incurred by the employer towards annual or periodical fee etc. (excluding
initial fee to acquire corporate membership) less amount recovered from the
employee is a taxable perquisite

b) Expenses incurred
on club facilities for the official purposes are exempt from tax.

c) Use of health
club, sports and similar facilities provided uniformly to all employees shall
be exempt from tax.

EXEMPTED CAR MAINTENANCE, DRIVER
SALARY ETC

Motor Car is owned by the
employee

2.1

Where maintenances and running
expenses including remuneration of the chauffeur are met or reimbursed by the
employer.

2.1-A

The reimbursement is for the use
of the vehicle wholly and exclusively for official purposes

Fully exempt subject to
maintenance of specified documents

Fully exempt subject to
maintenance of specified documents

2.1-B

The reimbursement is for the use
of the vehicle exclusively for the personal purposes of the employee or any
member of his household (taxable in case of specified employee as well as
non-specified employee)

Actual expenditure incurred by
the employer minus amount recovered from the employee

2.1-C

The reimbursement is for the use
of the vehicle partly for official purposes and partly for personal purposes of
the employee or any member of his household.

Actual expenditure incurred by the
employer minus Rs. 1800 per month and Rs. 900 per month if chauffer is also
provided minus amount recovered from employee shall be taxable value of
perquisite.

Actual expenditure incurred by
the employer minus Rs. 2400 per month and Rs. 900 per month if chauffer is also
provided minus amount recovered from employee shall be taxable value of
perquisite.

FULLY EXEMPT-TRAINING AND
EDUCATION COST OF EMPLOYEE-

Other Educational Facilities

Particulars

Taxable Value of Perquisites

Free educational facilities/
training of employees

Fully exempt

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